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• ‘We Have The Evidence We Need’: Sheriff On Mark Redwine’s Arrest

  25-07-2017 23:46
  By Matt Kroschel
  DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4)– On Tuesday, the La Plata County sheriff talked publicly for the first time since Dylan Redwine’s father was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in his son’s death.
  “The loss of this young man has been very traumatic for our community,” La Plata County Sheriff Sean Smith said at the media briefing.
  Mark Redwine in court in Washington (credit: CBS)
  A judge set $1 million bail for Mark Redwine on Monday in court in Bel
  
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• Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Harvest Begins

  25-07-2017 23:24
  DENVER (CBS4)– The first Rocky Ford cantaloupes of the season have been delivered to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office.
  Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne greeted Eric Hanagan to accept the cantaloupes on Monday. (credit: CBS)
  The harvest begins this week so the melons should be in stores soon.“You want it to be firm, you never want it to shake… you always want a good, solid cantaloupe because that means it’s fresh. And consume it within three days for the best result,” said
  
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• Monsoon Clouds Are Here But Where’s The Rain?

  25-07-2017 23:20
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – It was so nice to wake up this morning to extensive cloud cover along the Front Range courtesy of the North American Monsoon.
  So why isn’t it raining?
  (credit: CBS4)
  To understand why we need to look at this morning’s weather balloon data for Denver.
  (credit: NCAR)
  It showed that the atmosphere was still very dry in the lowest few thousand feet, evident by the “inverted V” shape in the data. (the red line represents temperature and the
  
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• Open Mic On Senators: Trump Is ‘Crazy,’ And ‘I’m Worried’

  25-07-2017 23:16
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Oh, that dreaded open microphone!
  Republican Sen. Susan Collins got caught Tuesday at the end of a hearing with a microphone that was still hot — and captured her ripping President Donald Trump and making fun of a fellow lawmaker who had been critical of her on health care.
  Collins, a moderate from Maine, can be overheard complaining about Trump and his proposed 2018 budget, which slashes spending with deep cuts to domestic agencies, food stamps, Medicaid, highway f
  
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• 2017 Emmy Nominee List

  25-07-2017 22:36
  The 69th Emmy Awards will be held on September 17, 2017 at 8 p.m. EST, only on CBS. This year’s awards will be hosted by none other than The Late Show‘s Stephen Colbert.
  See below for a complete rundown of this year’s nominees.
  Drama Actor
  Sterling K. Brown
  Anthony Hopkins
  Matthew Rhys
  Liev Schreiber
  Kevin Spacey
  Bob Odenkirk
  Milo Ventimiglia
  Drama Series
  Better Call Saul
  The Handmaid’s Tale
  The Crown
  House Of Cards
  Stranger Things
  Westworld
  This Is Us
  Comedy Series
  
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• Victims Of Ransomware Attacks Have Paid $25 Million Last Two Years, Report Says

  25-07-2017 22:16
  CBS Local — Ransomware, the malware hackers use to lock victims’ computers and demand money to unlock them, has garnered more than $25 million in payments for those responsible for deploying viruses in just the last two years, The Verge reports.
  A study on 34 separate cases of ransomware by researchers from Google, Chainalysis, UC San Diego, and the NYU Tandon School of Engineering were able to better map out the ransomware underworld.
  Specifically, they discovered Locky, a
  
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• 2017 Mid-American Conference Football Preview: West Division

  25-07-2017 22:00
  Ryan Mayer
  College football season is almost here. As you prepare to root for your favorite team on Saturday, we’ll bring you previews of each conference, separating the teams into a couple categories: contenders, bowl teams, and rebuilding. The tiers are fairly self-explanatory. Contenders means these teams will push for the division/conference title. Bowl bidders are expected to be in the conversation for a bowl bid. Rebuilding teams are in the process of attempting to get into cont
  
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• Votes On Health Care In Senate: Gardner: Yes, Bennet: No

  25-07-2017 21:58
  DENVER (CBS4)– Colorado’s senators voted along party lines in regards to the health care bill in the Senate on Tuesday with Sen. Michael Bennet voting “no” and Sen. Cory Gardner voting “yes” to continue the debate.
  Senators voted on the motion to proceed to open debate on the Senate floor about the health care bill on Tuesday afternoon. (credit: CBS)
  Bennet, Colorado’s senior senator and a Democrat, voted no, as expected, and released this statement: &ld
  
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• Police Detain ‘Person Of Interest’ In Assault

  25-07-2017 21:48
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Boulder have a person of interest in custody after an assault that left one man seriously injured.
  Officers rushed to the area of Baseline and 27th Street in Boulder about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. When they arrived, they found a 43-year-old man with serious injuries. That man was rushed to the hospital.
  Police investigate an attack in Boulder (credit: CBS)
  Officers took James Dobson into custody as a person of interest. They believe the attack happened as a resul
  
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• Child Struck By Car, Search For Suspect Driver

  25-07-2017 21:25
  PARKER, Colo. (CBS4)– Deputies in Douglas County are searching for a suspect driver wanted for striking a child and driving away.Investigators issued a Medina Alert Tuesday afternoon for the hit-and-run which happened at 11:42 a.m. at Stonegate Parkway and Creekview Drive in Parker. The 11-year-old boy was struck and seriously injured.Deputies are searching for the white, 4-door Lexus CT200, 2016/2017 model year with a black stripe and an either damaged or broken passenger side mirror. The
  
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• McCain Returns To Senate To Applause, Whoops

  25-07-2017 21:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Applause and whoops greeted Sen. John McCain, who is battling brain cancer, as he returned to the Capitol on Tuesday to vote for moving ahead on legislation to dismantle Obamacare.
  The 80-year-old McCain had a visible scar above his left eye after doctors removed a blood clot earlier this month. Days after the surgery, the senator disclosed that he had a brain tumor and had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.
  “Stop listening to the bombastic loudmouths
  
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• Barbara Sinatra, Frank’s 4th Wife And Widow, Dies

  25-07-2017 21:14
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barbara Sinatra, the fourth wife of legendary singer Frank Sinatra and a prominent advocate and philanthropist for abused children, has died at 90.
  John Thoresen, director of the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center, says she died Tuesday of natural causes at her Rancho Mirage, California, home.
  A former model and Las Vegas showgirl, Barbara Sinatra was a prominent Palm Springs socialite in her own right before she married Sinatra in 1976.
  They remained wed until his
  
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• Neighbors: Twin Brothers Involved In Deadly Shooting

  25-07-2017 20:59
  By Jamie LearyLAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– One man is dead and another in custody after what police say appears to be an accidental shooting at the Lakewood Vista Condos just behind Green Mountain.Lakewood police received a call around 6:40 a.m. Tuesday from a young man who claimed to have accidentally just shot his roommate. (credit: CBS)
  When police arrived, the suspect was standing outside waiting for officers. He was immediately taken into custody. Inside, another man was found unconscious
  
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• Audit: Colorado Health Marketplace Sustainable- For Now

  25-07-2017 20:47
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s state health insurance exchange is in a position to be financially sustainable through 2019 — but changes to the federal health care law could easily jeopardize that scenario.
  That’s according to a state audit presented to lawmakers on Tuesday.
  The audit warns that changes to the Affordable Care Act could cut revenues for the state exchange known as Connect for Health Colorado.
  Connect for Health launched in 2013 and currently enrolls 178,000 Colo
  
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• Driver Charged In Immigrant Deaths Has Criminal Past In Colorado

  25-07-2017 20:01
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When a lifelong truck driver called his fiancee Sunday from a jail more than 1,000 miles from home, he had only a few minutes to describe the gruesome events that led to him being charged with a crime in which he could face the death penalty.
  Darnisha Rose said James Matthew Bradley Jr. claimed he had no idea how so many people — maybe 90 or more — came to be crammed inside his pitch-black trailer boiling in the Texas heat, taking turns to breathe through
  
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• Trump Vents Anew On Sessions, Who’s Under Pressure To Quit

  25-07-2017 19:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, launching a fresh Twitter tirade against him while musing privately about firing the man who was the first U.S. senator to endorse his candidacy.
  Pressure on the nation’s top law enforcement to resign mounted by the hour, even as fellow Republicans began to push back against Trump’s extraordinary public rebuke of his Cabinet officer.
  The president’s latest broadside c
  
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• Teenage Driver Livestreams Crash That Killed Sister

  25-07-2017 19:29
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A teenage driver lost control of her car while she was livestreaming on Instagram and recorded part of the crash that authorities say killed her younger sister in California.
  After a gap in the livestream, the driver is seen leaning over the body of the girl, trying to shake her awake and saying she was sorry. She said she expected to spend the rest of her life in prison but doesn’t care.
  “This is the last thing I wanted to happen, OK? … Rest in pea
  
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• 2017 Mid-American Conference Football Preview: East Division

  25-07-2017 19:00
  Ryan Mayer
  College football season is almost here. As you prepare to root for your favorite team on Saturday, we’ll bring you previews of each conference, separating the teams into a couple categories: contenders, bowl teams, and rebuilding. The tiers are fairly self-explanatory. Contenders means these teams will push for the division/conference title. Bowl bidders are expected to be in the conversation for a bowl bid. Rebuilding teams are in the process of attempting to get into cont
  
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• Oh Deer! Fawn Gets Stuck In Basement

  25-07-2017 18:11
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – A fawn ended up in a basement in the Green Mountain area.
  An animal control officer was called in to help remove the baby.
  (credit: Lakewood Police Department)
  (credit: Lakewood Police Department)
  He was able to safely wrangle the animal and get her back outside.
  The fawn did not appear to be hurt as it ran off the moment she was let go.
  (credit: Lakewood Police Department)
  
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• Frontier 1 Of 3 Airlines Fined For Bumping Passengers

  25-07-2017 17:55
  DENVER (CBS4) – Frontier Airlines is one of three being fined by the Federal government.
  The Department of Transportation has fined Frontier $400,000 for bumping passengers from overbooked flights without first asking for volunteers or giving proper compensation.
  The violations happened in 2016.
  (credit: Frontier Airlines)
  Delta and American Airlines were also fined, but not as much as Frontier.
  All three airlines say they’ve updated their policies.
  
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• Broncos Re-Hire Gary Kubiak

  25-07-2017 17:47
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – The Denver Broncos have rehired their former head coach Gary Kubiak.
  As first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the “Broncos have hired their former HC Gary Kubiak as a scouting advisor based in Texas.”Broncos have hired their former HC Gary Kubiak as a scouting advisor based in Texas, per source. Will pop in Denver for occasional meetings.
  — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 25, 2017
  Kubiak will be back in Denver for occasional meetings,
  
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• Case Against Mark Redwine ‘Going To Be Difficult’

  25-07-2017 17:39
  DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4) – The case against Mark Redwine, the man indicted in his son’s death, will not be an easy one, according to a legal expert.
  Legal analyst Karen Steinhauser says prosecutors have their work cut out for them, considering this is a circumstantial case.
  Dylan Redwine and Mark Redwine (credit: CBS/La Plata County via Bellingham police)
  “You don’t have what we’d refer to as the smoking gun,” Steinhauser said. “We don’t have an eyewi
  
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• Broncos hire Gary Kubak as scout

  25-07-2017 17:22
  The Denver Broncos are bringing back Gary Kubiak as a senior personnel executive where he will essentially fill a scouting role, a coaching source told 9News.       
  
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• A Year Later, Family ‘Not Giving Up’ On Finding Son, Paramedic

  25-07-2017 17:13
  By Karen Morfitt
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – One year after Eric Pracht disappeared, his family is desperate for answers.
  The Park County paramedic walked away from his Lakewood home on July 23, 2016 with no shoes and no keys, never to be heard from again.
  Eric Pracht (credit: CBS)
  Randy and Denice Pracht search day after day for their son.
  “There are time s when we think, yeah, I really feel like we are going to find him soon, and then there are other times where you start to question
  
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• Latest Forecast: Shift In Weather Pattern Means Less Heat, More Rain

  25-07-2017 15:26
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – The seasonal shift in wind direction in the upper atmosphere, commonly referred to as the summer monsoon, is now in full swing. The result will be higher rain chances across much of Colorado through Thursday.
  A lot of the rain on Tuesday will be found over the mountains and on the Western Slope. But even around Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins the chance for rain will be higher than it was on Monday. It also won’t be as hot with highs in the upper 8
  
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• Best Places To Meet New People In Denver

  25-07-2017 14:00
  By Deb Flomberg
  Make new friends but keep the old, right? International Friendship Day is July 30, so it’s time to get out and make some new friends. Whether you’re new to Denver or you’re just looking to meet some new people, there are lots of great places all over the city to visit.
  Colorado Free University (credit: CBS)
  From local coffee shops to bookstores, parks or independent music venues, you’ll find lots of different ways to meet new people. If you’re not su
  
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• No. 2 to Broncos camp: Charles' comeback

  25-07-2017 13:55
  ENGLEWOOD—As the start of training camp draws within hours, the Denver Broncos are not burdened with their usual high expectations.       
  
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• 15 Random Facts About The Denver Broncos

  25-07-2017 13:55
  By Mark Haas
  DENVER (CBS4) – Broncos Training Camp 2017 opens this week, and in what has been a yearly tradition, I have compiled a list of random facts from the Broncos Media Guide.
  (credit: Denver Broncos)
  This year I have 10 facts about different players, and 5 bonus facts about the franchise.
  Player Facts:
  RB Jamaal Charles – Lettered in track in high school, winning Texas state titles in the 100 and 300-meter hurdles as a senior, and won a bronze medal in the 400-meter hurdles a
  
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• Unique Kids Get ‘Ordinary’ Summer Camp Experience

  25-07-2017 06:27
  By Matt Kroschel
  EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Summer camp is a tradition for many families in Colorado. At the Roundup River Ranch along the banks of the Colorado River near Gypsum, camp has a very special meaning for some incredible kids.
  (credit: CBS)
  The camp allows children battling illnesses to escape their very serious and scary realities.
  Roundup River Ranch looks like any other summer camp. And sounds like one, too. Everywhere you look, you see the smiles, you hear the laughter. An
  
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• Broncos fans have hope for season

  25-07-2017 06:21
  “Somebody, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me, and all you’re ever gonna be is mean. Why you gotta be so mean?”        
  
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• Neighbors Air Concerns At Hearing For Proposed Massive Music Festival

  25-07-2017 06:16
  DENVER (CBS4) – A public hearing was being held in Denver Monday night to discuss plans for a massive, three-day music festival that could be coming to Overland Park Golf Course.
  Overland Park Golf Course (credit: CBS)
  The festival, if approved, would take place in September 2018 and for several years afterwards and would likely mean millions of dollars in profit for Denver.
  But neighbors say they’re the ones who would pay the price.
  “If the Overland Park Golf Course were a bea
  
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• Longtime Broncos Safety Retires To Tackle Physical Therapy

  25-07-2017 05:32
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Instead of delivering hits to ball carriers, David Bruton Jr. is hitting the books.
  The former Denver Broncos safety and special teams ace who announced his retirement Monday after eight seasons in the NFL wants to become a physical therapist.
  David Bruton Jr. (credit: CBS)
  He began taking prerequisite courses at the University of Colorado-Denver in January and will enter physical therapy school next fall, putting him on pace to get his license by 2022.
  Bruton, who&
  
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• Grichuk, Leake Lead Cardinals To An 8-2 Win Over Rockies

  25-07-2017 05:23
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Randal Grichuk hit a two-run homer, Mike Leake pitched seven scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 8-2 on Monday night.
  Leake’s six-strikeout performance was his best since giving up one run over eight innings against Washington on June 30. It was the first win for Leake (7-8) against the Rockies since Aug. 10, 2011.
  Kevin Siegrist pitched the Cardinals out of a two-on, one-out jam in the eighth by getting Gerardo Parra to strike out
  
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• Activists To Oil And Gas Commission: ‘You Have Blood On Your Hands’

  25-07-2017 05:12
  DENVER (CBS4) – Activists packed an oil and gas meeting at a downtown Denver office building on Monday morning and loudly sent a message that they want the state to stop issuing permits for fracking.
  (credit: CBS)
  It was a sign of the times in Colorado — oil and gas drilling remains as controversial an issue as ever.
  Anti-fracking activists confronted the members of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in the meeting, calling their regulations a sham and a public safety t
  
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• Broncos help with Back To School drive

  25-07-2017 04:41
  The Denver Broncos participated in the second annual 'Back To School with the Broncos' today. Twenty-five members of the Denver Metro Boys and Girls Club had the opportunity to shop with veteran players at King Soopers in Parker.       
  
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• Gotsis avoids injury list

  25-07-2017 04:28
  Perhaps, the biggest surprise to the Broncos' injury list announced Monday was a player who didn't make it.       
  
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• Kubiak Pays A Visit To Rice Football Practice

  25-07-2017 04:03
  HOUSTON, Texas (CBS4) – Former Denver Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak spent the day at Rice University in Houston on Monday as their college football team opened practices.
  Gary Kubiak (credit: CBS)
  Kubiak’s son played football for the Rice Owls.
  “I think the world of what they do and it’s giving me a chance to get out and watch a little football today,” Kubiak said.
  When Kubiak stepped away from the Broncos in January with two years left on his contract he said he d
  
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• Last Orca Calf Born In Captivity At A SeaWorld Park Dies

  25-07-2017 04:01
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The last killer whale born in captivity under SeaWorld’s former orca-breeding program died Monday at the company’s San Antonio park, SeaWorld said.
  Veterinarians were treating 3-month-old Kyara for an infection last weekend, but her health continued to decline, the Orlando-based company said in a news release.
  “Kyara had a tremendous impact on the entire zoological team, not to mention all of the guests that had the chance to see her,” San Anton
  
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• Bronco notes: Conditioning test awaits

  25-07-2017 02:43
  The first training camp practice is Thursday. The conditioning test is Wednesday.         
  
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• Latest Forecast: Heavy Rain Possible With Monsoon Storms

  25-07-2017 01:50
  By Lauren Whitney
  Another very hot day in Colorado! Here in Denver we officially hit 99 degrees this afternoon. We’ll stay hot through Tuesday, before we finally get a break from the heat.
  Monsoon season is in full swing, so we’re going to see storm chances almost daily this week. Heavy rain and a lot of lightning possible with these storms, especially out west. A Flash Flood Watch is in place for most of the Western Slope through Tuesday at midnight. Flooding will be a major concern
  
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• Heavy Rain Possible With Monsoon Storms

  25-07-2017 01:50
  By Lauren Whitney
  Another very hot day in Colorado! Here in Denver we officially hit 99 degrees this afternoon. We’ll stay hot through Tuesday, before we finally get a break from the heat.
  Monsoon season is in full swing, so we’re going to see storm chances almost daily this week. Heavy rain and a lot of lightning possible with these storms, especially out west. A Flash Flood Watch is in place for most of the Western Slope through Tuesday at midnight. Flooding will be a major concern
  
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• $1 Million Bail Set For Mark Redwine In Son’s Murder

  25-07-2017 01:49
  By Matt Kroschel
  DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4)– A judge set $1 million bail for Dylan Redwine’s father, Mark Redwine, in the second-degree murder charge in the death of his son.
  Redwine appeared in court in Bellingham, WA on Monday afternoon.
  Mark Redwine in court in Washington (credit: CBS)
  The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office says the extradition process is underway to return Redwine to Colorado from Washington state where he was arrested on Saturday.
  When Lisa Bourque heard there wa
  
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• Hundreds Of Dead Fish Found Floating In Lake

  25-07-2017 01:40
  By Kelly Werthmann
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– Weather could be to blame for hundreds of fish found dead in a Boulder lake.
  Dead fish were spotted floating in Tantra Lake over the weekend, creating questions and alarm for people who live close by.
  (credit: CBS)
  “It’s pretty strange,” said Trevor Pellerite, a resident of the Tantra Lake apartments. “I was just fishing here early last week and it looked to be in order.”
  (credit: CBS)
  Pellerite told CBS4’s Kelly
  
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• Family Of Missing Paramedic Consults Psychic

  25-07-2017 01:14
  By Tom Mustin
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)  – One year ago Lakewood paramedic Eric Pracht vanished without a trace. After months of dead ends, his family is desperate for any clues that could explain what happened to him. They’ve even contacted a psychic.Eric Pracht (credit: Facebook)
  Lakewood police admit the trail has grown cold.
  “Our people are just stumped,” Steve Davis with the Lakewood Police Department told CBS4’s Tom Mustin.
  On Sunday, Pracht’s fiance P
  
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• Broncos GM John Elway has new deal

  25-07-2017 01:12
  KUSA—John Elway has a reached agreement on a new five-year contract that will keep the general manager with the Denver Broncos through the 2021 season.       
  
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• Burn Survivor Remembers Thinking: ‘I Can’t Be On Fire Right Now’

  25-07-2017 00:31
  By Kathy Walsh
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Summer is the season for barbecues and campfires. But without safety precautions, fun by the fire pit can lead to serious burns. Kathy Forde knows.
  “I felt it, but I’m like… this can’t be what’s happening. This can’t be what’s really going on. I can’t be on fire right now.”
  Kathy Forde (credit: CBS)
  Forde was 28 and the mother of two when she caught fire in 2009.
  (credit: Kathy Forde)
  She was standi
  
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• Burn Survivor Remembers: ‘I Can’t Be On Fire Right Now’

  25-07-2017 00:31
  By Kathy Walsh
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Summer is the season for barbecues and campfires. But without safety precautions, fun by the fire pit can lead to serious burns. Kathy Forde knows.
  “I felt it, but I’m like… this can’t be what’s happening. This can’t be what’s really going on. I can’t be on fire right now.”
  Kathy Forde (credit: CBS)
  Forde was 28 and the mother of two when she caught fire in 2009.
  (credit: Kathy Forde)
  She was standi
  
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